Guyana Population (LIVE)

834,699

Guyana Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Guyana is 834,674 as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Guyana 2025 population is estimated at 835,986 people at mid-year.
Guyana population is equivalent to 0.010% of the total world population.
Guyana ranks number 165 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Guyana is 4 per Km² (11 people per mi²).
The total land area is 196,850 Km² (76,004 sq. miles).
26.65% of the population is urban (222,762 people in 2025)
The median age in Guyana is 26.2 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Guyana (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Guyana Global Rank
2025	835,986	0.59%	4,899	−5,092	26.2	2.37	4	26.6%	222,762	0.010%	8,231,613,070	165
2024	831,087	0.57%	4,734	−5,407	25.9	2.4	4	26.5%	220,416	0.010%	8,161,972,572	164
2023	826,353	0.57%	4,716	−6,161	25.6	2.41	4	26.4%	218,143	0.010%	8,091,734,930	164
2022	821,637	0.87%	7,078	−6,161	25.3	2.44	4	26.3%	215,949	0.010%	8,021,407,192	164
2020	807,481	1.25%	9,740	−1,743	24.8	2.49	4	26.2%	211,821	0.010%	7,887,001,292	163
2015	758,781	0.25%	1,905	−6,527	23.7	2.67	4	26.8%	203,204	0.010%	7,470,491,872	163
2010	749,256	−0.31%	−2,332	−13,655	23.2	2.68	4	26.5%	198,836	0.011%	7,021,732,148	163
2005	760,914	−0.1%	−784	−12,290	22.1	2.65	4	27.5%	208,931	0.012%	6,586,970,132	163
2000	764,832	0.17%	1,289	−14,090	21.2	3.06	4	28.3%	216,152	0.012%	6,171,702,993	157
1995	758,388	0.23%	1,699	−13,614	20.6	3.24	4	29.2%	221,814	0.013%	5,758,878,982	158
1990	749,894	−0.57%	−4,317	−20,930	19.9	3.18	4	29.3%	219,893	0.014%	5,327,803,110	158
1985	771,477	−0.07%	−578	−20,337	18.6	3.47	4	30%	231,388	0.016%	4,868,943,465	154
1980	774,367	0.77%	5,795	−13,952	17.1	3.77	4	30.7%	237,849	0.017%	4,447,606,236	152
1975	745,393	1.19%	8,538	−11,231	16.1	4.45	4	30%	223,507	0.018%	4,070,735,277	149
1970	702,705	2.04%	13,515	−8,439	15.3	5.41	4	29.5%	207,428	0.019%	3,694,683,794	148
1965	635,128	2.22%	13,197	−5,347	15	6.13	3	30%	190,403	0.019%	3,334,533,703	147
1960	569,143	3.28%	16,956	−3,837	15.6	6.33	3	29.1%	165,880	0.019%	3,015,470,894	149
1955	484,363	2.99%	13,265	1,267	16.9	6.22	2	28.4%	137,627	0.018%	2,740,213,792	151

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Guyana Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Guyana Global Rank
2030	861,038	0.59%	5,010	−3,482	27.6	2.25	4	27.4%	235,547	0.010%	8,569,124,911	165
2035	885,936	0.57%	4,980	−3,116	28.6	2.17	5	28.2%	250,134	0.0100%	8,885,210,181	165
2040	907,506	0.48%	4,314	−2,833	29.6	2.1	5	29.3%	266,152	0.0099%	9,177,190,203	165
2045	926,353	0.41%	3,769	−2,991	30.9	2.03	5	30.4%	281,556	0.0098%	9,439,639,668	165
2050	940,607	0.31%	2,851	−2,634	32.3	1.98	5	31.4%	295,494	0.0097%	9,664,378,587	165

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Guyana Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Guyana

Life Expectancy

70.4 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

17.9

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

21.8

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Guyana Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Guyana delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Guyana (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Guyana in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.